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This guy will be a sneaky pickup ROY... he was moved to WR last game due to the loss of Titus and Broyles and I expect him to stay there the rest of the year... not to mention Stafford has a lot of confidence in him.

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I'm really intrigued by this guy, see a lot of upside if the Lions continue to use him as the slot. He sees snaps and possibly a decent amount of targets in a pass happy team... I think a lot of people want to wait a week to see how he does, but by then it might be too late.

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Wish I knew more about him / DET. Assuming Pettigrew is out (which is why we would consider him), would Will Heller be an issue?

Heller is more of a blocker than receiver so he's not much of a threat. I'm picking him (Scheffler) up in leagues where I can upgrade at TE. He's got good hands, size, and a littttle speed for his size. Also, that receiving core is massacred so he'll get the targets against a weak Arizona D.

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I'm starting him over Rudolph if Pettigrew is inactive. My league gives 1.5 ppr for TE's, and his floor will be 5 catches. Stafford trusts him and looks for him in the RZ. I love him this week and I think the experts/rankers are totally sleeping on him.

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I'm starting him over Rudolph if Pettigrew is inactive. My league gives 1.5 ppr for TE's, and his floor will be 5 catches. Stafford trusts him and looks for him in the RZ. I love him this week and I think the experts/rankers are totally sleeping on him.

Considering he had 3 catches last week, I don't see why you say his floor is 5 catches. Pettigrew left the game in the 1st quarter, and Heller had 4 catches.

3. 10 targets could have been a result of opponent. ARI's offense is non-existent.

good stuff here. In looking at his stats, he has probably one of the worst target to reception ratios in the league...lol..I will see if I can find some data to back that up. but here is an update on Petti...

Brandon Pettigrew (ankle) did not practice for the second consecutive day Thursday.

Lions with minor nicks such as Louis Delmas and Chris Houston returned to practice Thursday after sitting out Wednesday. Pettigrew's inability to join them speaks volumes. He's on the wrong side of questionable right now, leaving Matthew Stafford's receiving corps even more short-handed. Calvin Johnson and Tony Scheffler project as target monsters against the Cardinals Sunday. Dec 13 - 11:58 AM

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I'm starting him over Rudolph if Pettigrew is inactive. My league gives 1.5 ppr for TE's, and his floor will be 5 catches. Stafford trusts him and looks for him in the RZ. I love him this week and I think the experts/rankers are totally sleeping on him.

Considering he had 3 catches last week, I don't see why you say his floor is 5 catches. Pettigrew left the game in the 1st quarter, and Heller had 4 catches.

Better matchup, better weather conditions. I think the targets being there is a very positive sign, and he'll haul in at least half of them vs. Arizona in a dome.

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I don't know what's with Scheffler, he's gotten 10 targets in two different games (both games though were vs. GB). In the first game, he only caught 2 of those balls, in the second game (last week's), he only caught 3.

Judging by this season-long chart, I think Tony Scheffler is definitely classified as a high-risk option, due to the fact that he seems to catch so few of his targets, and has limited upside: